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"title": "Cameo of King Charles VIII of France (1470\u20131498)",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1978",
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"title": "Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs",
"description": "Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).",
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{
"id": 309658,
"title": "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual",
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"id": 310040,
"title": "Collecting Drawings in England",
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"description": "This jade-green agate cameo represents King Charles VIII in bust profile wearing the royal crown and the collar of the Order of St. Michael. The cameo was probably inspired by a gold medal presented to Charles by the City of Lyon during a visit in 1494 and was probably made to commemorate the event. It was perhaps a memento belonging to one of the town's nobles.",
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"citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1978.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3\u201347.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 13; Mentioned: p. 42, no. 18",
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"citation": "Verdier, Philippe. \"A French Royal Cameo and Its Historical Background.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 5 (1980): 150-55.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 151-52; Mentioned: p. 150-55",
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